Travel, recreation and leisure

California dreaming

Article Abstract:

Stern, a University of Chicago literature professor, discusses remaining undiscovered as a novelist for 40 years. He is revered by writers, and numbers among his famous associates Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. His new book, "Pacific Tremors," details the friendship between to older men.

Lone star: Washinton's best Texas novelist doesn't live here anymore

Article Abstract:

Larry McMurtry is best known for his western novel 'Lonesome Dove.' Many of his books were inspired by his native Texas and after years of living in Washington, New York and Hollywood, he is finally returning to Texas to live.